Chapter 162: Academy Quest

Chapter 162: Academy Quest

Ignoring a senior initiate who was a royal member from the Gronn Kingdom was exactly something Sein would do.

Despite Hildaes’ slightly embarrassed and awkward facial expression, Sein conversed mostly with Grimm.

Grimm appeared reserved and uninteresting in the company of unfamiliar individuals, but when surrounded by friends like Sein, he became more talkative.

During his discussion with Grimm, Sein learned that they were about to embark on a journey to the Viridescent Range, situated east of the Divine Tower of Verdant Spring, to undertake several quests involving magic beast hunts and the gathering of rare materials.

Initiates from the Divine Tower of Verdant Spring Academy were obligated to complete a mandatory quest every three months.

These quests varied, allowing initiates to choose based on their preferences.

Simplest tasks involved cleaning the library and other public facilities, while the more challenging ones involved hunting magic beasts and gathering materials in locations like the Viridescent Range that Grimm and the others were headed to.

Assisting full-fledged mages with their basic experiments was also considered a type of academy quest.

Despite spending five years at the Divine Tower of Verdant Spring, Sein rarely carried out academy quests...

It was not because he was unwilling, but because he was too occupied with other responsibilities. The source of this content nov(el)bi((n))

He was able to skip mandatory academy quests because he had sufficient magicoins.

For those who were unwilling or too busy to undertake academy quests, the divine tower granted them some “leeway”.

A payment of one magicoin could offset one mandatory quest.

Over the past five years, Sein had spent nearly twenty magicoins in this regard.

Apart from him, not many in the divine tower academy practiced this.

While many initiates and full-fledged mages in the academy were unfamiliar with Sein, the staff at the initiate affairs hall recognized him for this reason.

The discussion about the upcoming academy quest for Grimm and others prompted a dry cough from Hildaes, causing Grimm to abruptly cease talking.

His mission was solely to investigate and gather pertinent data on the target.

Gypson Dukedom, known for its prowess in alchemy, was no weak human nation.

There were quite a few magic stores in the dukedom that could attract knights and mages from neighboring regions.

In fact, the full-fledged mages who were seconded from Gypson Dukedom to the Divine Tower of Verdant Spring possessed considerable expertise in alchemy.

Most initiates crafting magic items in the dukedom for a living were apprentices or grand apprentices of these mages.

Throughout his years at the Divine Tower of Verdant Spring, Sein had attended advanced courses under the guidance of three different full-fledged alchemists.

However, he had no idea who their mentors in the Gypson Dukedom were.

Speaking of alchemy, Sein was disheartened to learn that the divine tower was not a place where all knowledge could be taught either.

The spellcasters in the Magus World placed a higher value on knowledge than one might think.

Despite Sein’s expenditure of magicoins and enrollment in multiple advanced courses, he gradually observed that these full-fledged mages were reserved in their teaching methods!

Magicoins could only secure a surface-level impartation of knowledge, not the comprehensive teaching he desired unless he became an apprentice, acquiring both the teachings and the mantle.

Despite the opportunity, Sein had no intention of becoming the apprentice of any other full-fledged mages after joining the Divine Tower of Verdant Spring Academy.

This decision was fueled by his emotional attachment to his late mentor, Master Morsidor, and the lack of powerful mentors he encountered.

If he were to settle for any full-fledged mage as a mentor, he might as well have joined Master Medich at the Divine Tower of Dawn back then.

Reflecting on the past, Sein recalled the invitation by Master Medich, a Rank Two mage from the Divine Tower of Dawn when he had just left the underground.

Although he did not regret his decision at that moment, he acknowledged missing a valuable opportunity.

Before leaving the divine tower, Sein ensured all the necessary arrangements were made for his cousin, Selina.

He left several energy crystals and magicoins for her expenses, informing her that he might be away slightly longer for his academy quest.